Side-strap connection for breechings



' June 10, 1924.

' E. M. ROBINSON SIDE STRAP CONNECTION FOR BREECNINGS Filed July is.1923 Patented June 10, 1924.

EARL M. ROBINSON, OF WATERLOO, IOW'A,

ASSIGNOR TO WATERLOO SADDLERY COM- PANY, or WATERLOO, IOWA.

SIDE-STRAP comemoa non nanncnmes.

Application filed m 16,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL M. RoniNsoN, a citizen of the UnitedStates ofAmerica, and a resident of Waterloo, Blackhawk County, Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Side-Strap Connectionsfor Breechings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to'improvements in side-strap connections forharness breechings, and the object of my improvement is to provide asecure yet easily disassembleable connection for said parts, adapted forquick connection, and constructed for both strength and longevity.

This object I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafterdescribed and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of part of a harnessbreeching with its connections, including one of my improvedconnections, to side-straps of the harness. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof my improved connecting device with its flexible strap extended. Fig.3 is a detail view on a larger scale of said connecting device, withparts in longitudinal section, showing the flexible strap thereofconnected releasably to both a side-strap and to the base-plate of thedevice. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view of the reversely bent medialhook on the base-plate, and Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view of theterminal hook of the device. Fig. 6 is a perspective detail view of thelower looped connecting part of another side-strap shown in said Fig. 1.

8 is a side part of a harness breeching having a rear ring 9 and forwardof said ring an n wardly directed loop or D 7, these being use forconnection to the lower loops of side-straps 14 and 10 respectivelywhose upper loops are connected to a ring 12 mounted on an end of aback-band 13.

The rear side-strap 14:, as shown in said Figs. 1 and 6, has the usualterminal-loop connection 16 to the breeching-ring 9, and releasablysecured by means of a buckle 15. My improved connecting device is shownin Fig. 1 in use connecting the forward sidestrap. 10 to thebreeching-Dor loop 7.

My said connecting device comprises an elongated chafeor base-plate 1having on its outer face a longitudinally spaced pair of rigidrectangular loops 2, and also having the upper part of a flexible strap3 se- 1923. Serial K016513 12.

cured longitudinally thereon to traverse both loops 2 and dependtherefrom.

The strap 3 has terminal holes, as at 6, to permit it to be buckled bymeans of a buckle 11 to the lower part of the side-strap. 10, andend-connected to a medial hook 4 on the base-plate 1. It has a holealso, as

shown in Fig. 3, through which may be passed the reversely bent medialhook 4 which is fastened on the outer face of the base-plate, andpositioned between the loops 2. A terminal hook 5 is positionedlongitudinally upon the strap 3 opposite the lower part of thebase-plate 1 and riveted throughboth; This hook 5 is fiat and receivesthe D 7 on said breeching 8 and serves as a stiff wear-plate for the Dinthe loop to be made in the depending middle part of the strap 3.

The side-strap 10 is connected releasably by my connecting device to thebreeching 8 as follows. I

The D"? is seated in the terminal hook 5, the strap 3 then is. to bepassed upwardly through both loops 2 and connected above them by meansof the buckle 11 to the lower end of the side-strap 10. The end part ofthe strap 3 is then passed downwardly through the uppermost loop 2abutting upon the outer face of the upper end of itself to receive themedial hook 4 through its terminal hole. The terminal part of thesidestrap 10- is then passed downwardly through both of the loops 2. p g

The chafeor baseplate 1 receives the frictional wear on the inner faceof the device, while the rigid hook 5 takes up the considerablefrictional wear of the D 7, thus preserving the life of the strap 3 andalso of the lower part of the strap 10.

The parts of the device are quickly and easily separable and suited forheavy and continued service.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire 'tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a harness side strap and breeching having aloop, of a chafe-plate having spaced loops, a strap secured at one endto said plate and traversing said loops, a hook fastened to thechafeplate intermediate said loops, and means for releasably engagingsaid chafe-plate strap to both said side-strap and to said medial hook.

2. The combination with harness sidestrap and breeohing having a loop,of a chafe-plate having spaced loops, a hook fastened to the'chafe-plate intermediate said loops, a strap secured at one end to saidoha'fe-plate to depend therefrom, a fiat open hook fixed upon andsecured to both said strap and said chafe-plate at its lower end, andmeans for securing releasably different parts of said chafeplate strapto said side-strap and to said medial hook respectively W en thechafe-pla-te strap has been looped'about said terminal hook and passedreversely upwardly through the chafe-plate loops.

Signed at WVaterloo, Iowa, this 15th day EARL M. ROBINSON.

.of June, 1923.

